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[opensuse-project] openSUSE conference 2010 approaching
by Michael Loeffler 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Moin, first refresh your mind and/or get inspired of the openSUSE conference 2009 [1]. And then let's have some starting conversation about openSUSE conference 2010. Most important for the start is a place and a date. As place we think Nürnberg, Germany is a good fit as it is good to reach from where ever you're coming from and its a convenient place to attract as many SUSE/Novell developers as possible. For the venue we're aiming for the same venue we had last year - Berufsförderungswerk Nürnberg [2] - which is perfect from a conference perspective and has 75 hotel rooms on-site with a reasonable price. Downside was internet connectivity (2Mbit) but they meanwhile can offer 4Mbit and work on getting 10Mbit till mid of this year. So, with some luck this downside should be solved till the conference takes place. From a timing perspective we currently have two options for the openSUSE conference: a) week of Sept 6-12 b) week of Oct 18 - 24 I strongly vote for the latter variant b) as in Southern Germany its not just still vacation season, it's still school vacation till Sept 13th or so which means pretty many people are on vacation in reality. Further, most of the preparation work would fall into the globally vacation season which might not be perfect. Last year we had a 4 days conference [3] from Thursday through Sunday which imo was the right duration. My question would be if it should shift days, eg. from Wednesday through Saturday ? For the conference in general I propose to create a team which takes care of everything such as key notes, major topics, content in general, sponsoring, special events, PR, advertising etc.. What about doing a openSUSE conference 2010 kick-off meeting next week on Thursday 22, 6pm CEST [4] on openSUSE-project IRC channel? Looking forward having an effective conference organization and to see you all at openSUSE conference 2010. Best M [1] http://gallery.opensuse.org/Conference%2009/ [2] http://www.bfw-nuernberg.de/admin.tool/_cms/de/Content/na/na/19,0.html [3] http://en.opensuse.org/Conference_2009 [4] http://tinyurl.com/y289c3c -- Michael Löffler, Product Management SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] New openSUSE Team's Page Template
by Shayon Mukherjee 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Hey folks , Now that we are almost done with the Team's page Template [1] , there is still scope of improvisation.You are requested to go through it once and come with your suggestions . I also request the Art-Team if they could prepare a Team Logo for every single team present in openSUSE.It would be an essential and a great contribution ;) . As soon as the things are finalized . I would ask the Teams to implement it accordingly . Thanks a lot for your support. Have a lot of fun ! [1] http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock/POC PS : The Team-Organization will also be planned and out soon !. -- Regards, SJ(Shayon) openSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock Twitter: ShayonM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] openSUSE Team's Page Template and organization
by Shayon Mukherjee 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

Hello , As we all know , how well the teams perform and render their Best.But thats not 100% of what it has to be , I mean the basic purposes are completely fulfilled but the scope of other utilities like encouraging new contributors and working effectively as Inter-Teams is a matter of concern and not performed successfully .So in regard to that , I have created a draft [1] mentioning What basic things are needed in a particular Team Page , at the same time made another layout of how the new TEAM page will look after complete organization and having the fucntioning teams in hand (awaited ). What I need you all do now is to come with your suggestions i.e what extra does the page needs , how to make the page as user friendly as it can be for the new-comers , Is the 'Contact Us' link fine for Inter-Teams to work on or something special or something different is needed :) keeping the new contributors in mind. I hope I made myself clear or maybe my presentation is not good :) , to make it clear . In short , Just discuss what you feel is required for this case and then we come up with an effective approach for a good Communication amongst us and the outer world ;) [1] http://en.opensuse.org/User:Wwarlock/POC -- Regards SJ(Shayon) openSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/User:wwarlock Twitter:ShayonM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] RFC: Linking oBS home directories on the wiki
by Rajko M. 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

There was recent discussion on forums ( http://tinyurl.com/yfg5zxw ) about one particular case of user broumbroum23 (oBS home http://tinyurl.com/yb3ty37 ) and complain that wifi drivers listed on http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless) don't work. I semi protected http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_Adapters_(Wireless) to prevent further escalation of edit war, until we can discuss the case and find solution. Links that are disputed are in section ===Getting the latest Linux wireless subsystem=== that is now commented out to prevent random visitors to use them, so you can see them in a source text. Problem is that we need policy on public linking of files in user homes. Now there is only recommendation, not much advertised, not to follow links to oBS home directories, but there is nothing about publishing such files on openSUSE wiki servers. As mentioned in a forum thread, I will vote to explicitly ban links to oBS home. The only exception are files used to test bug fixes and even then only on pages that are used by people that are actually testing solutions, not on random wiki pages, where from page title is clear that is not meant for everyone. The main reason for ban is to prevent users that are not aware of nature of oBS home to damage their systems by installing files that didn't pass any quality control. -- Regards Rajko, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Reminder: openSUSE Marketing Team Meeting
by Andrew Wafaa 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

Aloha all, The marketing team are having their fortnightly meeting today at 1600UTC (please see [0] for a localised time) in #opensuse-marketing on irc.freenode.net. Please see the agenda for the meeting [1], and if you would like anything covered then please do add it. P.S. Sorry for the late reminder :) 0 - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=6&month=4&year=201… 1 - http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing_Team/Meetings/Marketing_Meeting_2010-04-06 -- Andrew Wafaa, openSUSE Member: FunkyPenguin. PGP: 0x3A36312F openSUSE: Get It, Discover It, Create It at http://www.opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] University Challenge Final on BBC last night
by Per Jessen 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

One of the last questions mentioned "Ubuntu, SuSE and Redhat" - the answer was 'Linux'. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] PlanetSUSE 2 RC
by Pascal Bleser 04 Apr '10

04 Apr '10

As far as I am concerned, we're good to go to switch to the new PlanetSUSE setup I've been hacking on the last few days. It's currently running at http://planet.opensuse.org/2/ (feeds not updated at the moment, as long as it's not live ;)) So this is the last chance to complain about issues and give input about features to add, even though the latter would be for after going live with a first version, except if it's a blocker ;) (sorry for cross-posting, but not everyone is on opensuse-marketing@) cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser(a)opensuse.org> /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill _\_v FOSDEM::6+7 Feb 2010, Brussels, http://fosdem.org

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[opensuse-project] Job Opportunity (KDE/Qt, C/C++ Plasma Developer, Package Maintainer) at open-slx gmbh
by Rupert Horstkötter 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

Community, I herewith announce an interesting Job opportunity at open-slx gmbh. The job description is as follows: KDE/Qt, C/C++ Plasma Developer, Package Maintainer (OBS-Service) - level: junior or developer - first experiences with Nokia Qt and KDE, especially Plasma - Interest in Desktop/Notebook UI configuration - Interest in KDE profile configuration - Packaging of configuration profiles and Plasma in openSUSE-rpm packages with OBS-service - experiences with C/C++ and some scripting languages like bash - KDE community member welcome - languages: german and english The job will be located in Nuremberg, Germany. Possible start in Home-Office. What we offer: open-slx gmbh is the official authorized distributor of the openSUSE Box product. You will get an interesting job, that will show you beyond your daily work the whole aspects of producing the openSUSE distribution and taking part on open source developments. Start of the job: As soon as possible Please send your complete CV directly to Stefan.Werden [at] open-slx.de or Rhorstkoetter [at] open-slx.de -- Rupert Horstkötter, open-slx gmbh openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Community Assistant http://en.opensuse.org/User:Rhorstkoetter Email: rhorstkoetter(a)opensuse.org Jabber: ruperthorstkoetter(a)googlemail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-project] Request to Blog @ openSUSE Lizards
by Alex Rodriguez 02 Apr '10

02 Apr '10

Who has administrative control of openSUSE Lizards ? A long time ago I was requesting access to blog with my openSUSE account but I totally forgot to whom ... Can anyone help with this ? -- Ing. Alejandro Rodriguez || @LeX Usuario Linux # 379802 http://en.opensuse.org/User:Alexio44 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org

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